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Sunday, April 3, 2016

[Expats] [Indians] What to pack while travelling/migrating to UK for a year or so ?

Hello..I'm here sitting in London trying to help you in your preparation for a life changing time. First of all, congrats to you for the opportunity and do make the best of it.

As the saying goes, "If a man is bored of London, he's bored to life."
This is quite true as London is a truly a distinct city. I'm here just a few days back and realizing a few things about the new place. Roaming and sight-seeing is quite good, but when it comes to stay you are quite on your own. So, do prepare accordingly to take care of yourself and pack keeping 46 Kgs airline limit in mind.

Here goes the list and a few points :

Everything is available here, so if you don't wish to bring anything don't. I assume you have some good money to spend and time to shop here. So, you can close this tab off. :)

Shopping for groceries maybe challenging at first, because the Supermarkets are huge and the brands will be new to you.

Bring small quantities of more things to get yourself started quickly rather than more quantities of less things.

THE LIST (Not ordered by importance)

Clothes

Winter clothes as the weather is most likely to be cold all year as compared to India.

Formal pants and shirts.

1 good jacket which is enough to handle extreme cold weather. The ones we wear there (win-cheaters or zippers are of little use in chilly winds here). I bought Nike Storm-fit in a sale.